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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Julia returns home after the attack, who helps her off her horse, squeezing her around the waist?
(a) Ralph.
(b) Dench.
(c) Richard.
(d) Uncle John.

2. Who in Julia's family is the first to hear of Julia's pregnancy?
(a) Celia.
(b) Richard.
(c) Grandmamma.
(d) Uncle John.

3. What is wrong with the captain that performs Julia's wedding ceremony?
(a) He is mute.
(b) He is deaf.
(c) He is drunk.
(d) He is blind.

4. When Julia receives her first letter from James, what does it tell her?
(a) That he is coming for a visit.
(b) That he is moving away for school.
(c) That he has met another woman.
(d) That he is building the two of them a house.

5. Where is Clary's body found?
(a) Cradled in Matthew Merry's arms.
(b) Floating down the river.
(c) Buried in a shallow grave.
(d) Lying peacefully in her bed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ralph suggest could relieve Julia of her pregnancy?

2. What instrument is used in a race on the last day of reaping?

3. What does James make the children promise not to use their money to purchase?

4. What type of doll is presented to Julia after the race on reaping day?

5. When Richard visits Julia in the fields where she is sowing, how does Julia greet him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is "Maying," and how is it celebrated?

2. Why is Ralph arrested?

3. When Ralph asks Julia to look into Richards soul, what does she see there?

4. What happens to Uncle John and Celia when they set out to have Julia's marriage annulled?

5. What impact does the sudden pregnancy have on Julia's life?

6. After Julia's encounter with Ralph in the village, what does she dream of when she falls to sleep that night?

7. Who is Julie, and what information does she give Julia about James?

8. Why are Clary and Matthew Merry in a fight during Maying?

9. How does Richard and Julia's wedding progress?

10. What happens during Richard's physical attack against Julia?

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